The facts, gentlemen, and nothing but the facts, for careful eyes are narrowly watching.
Isaac AsimovWhen life is so harsh that a man loses all hope in himself, then he raises his eyes to a shining rock, worshipping it, just to find hope again, rather than looking to his own acts for hope and salvation. Yes, atheism IS a redemptive belief. It is theism that denies man's own redemptive nature.
Isaac AsimovEven as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the solution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at danger, rather you learned how to handle it safely.
Isaac AsimovNo sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Isaac Asimov